Mathoor Krishnamurty Explained

Mathoor Krishnamurty
Birth Place:	Karnataka, India
Occupation:	Writer Scholar
Awards:	Padma Shri Sir M. Visvesvaraya Shiromani Award

Mathoor Krishnamurty is an Indian writer, scholar and the director of the Bengaluru centre of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.^[1] He has written several articles on Vedas and Upanishads^[2] and has published books including Gandhi Upanishad, a biographical account on Mohandas Gandhi,^[3] and The World Is One Family: Wisdom of the Vedas.^[4] He is a recipient of the 2008 Sir M. Visvesvaraya Shiromani Award of the Sir M. Visvesvaraya Foundation. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2009, for his contributions to Literature and Education.^[5]

External links

• Web site: Mattur Krishnamurthy - Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan . Anas Nawas . YouTube video . 6 May 2012 . 16 February 2016.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Government to help M.V. Foundation . The Hindu . 19 September 2008 . 16 February 2016.
2. Web site: Rama and Mahatma . Bhavans . 2016 . 16 February 2016.
3. Web site: 'Gandhi Upanishad' launched . Deccan Herald . 16 August 2007 . 16 February 2016.
4. Web site: The World Is One Family: Wisdom of the Vedas . Spirituality for Daily Life . 2016 . 16 February 2016.
5. Web site: Padma Awards . Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India . 2016 . 3 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf . 15 October 2015 .